Investment in education remains key on priority —FCT minister

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to invest more in education in line with the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Bello said this when he received the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), FCT Chapter, on an advocacy visit to his office in Abuja.

He noted that his administration had continued to give education maximum priority in view of the place of education in national development.

Bello said the Buhari administration had already laid a solid foundation that would take education out of the woods, stressing that the impending emergency declaration in the sector would give further impetus to the gains already made.

The minister noted that it was imperative for students to give their support to government to ensure that the agenda was  not derailed, adding that students were part of the main group that would benefit when the programmes and policies were eventually realised.

According to him, “we will continue to count on your support because at the end of the day, what the President is doing is building a foundation for a better tomorrow and those that will benefit in this greater tomorrow are basically yourselves and your membership.

“Building a foundation is the most difficult of any construction work you are doing because you will spend time and resources and at the end of the day, you don’t see much, especially if it is a massive building and by all standards, Nigeria is a massive country in terms of size and population.

“That is why it takes a lot of time for people to see the foundation to come out. But now the foundation is coming out and people have started to see.

“So, we need the primary support of all of you who are the primary stakeholders so that we can build something that,  as time goes by, all of us will be proud to be associated with.”

Earlier in his remarks, Chairman of the association, Comrade Mojeed Kola Omolaja, commended the minister for the giant strides recorded in the FCT education sector, especially the infrastructural achievements at the Federal University of Science and Technology, Abaji.

He, however, appealed to the minister to intensify efforts at beefing up security on the campuses and consider the possibility of empowering a student-based security outfit to checkmate crime and criminality around the campuses.